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Be it known that l, JOHN l-I. STONE, otthe city of Philadelphia, in theState of Pennsylvania, haveinvented .a new and useful Improvement in theSheet-Metal Pepper or Dredging-Box; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to theaccompanyingdrawings, making a part of this specification, in which-'Figure l is a central vertical section of a sheet-metal pepper-box,having my said improvement applied thereto. l

Figure 2, a horizontal section, showing the lower end of the body of thebox; and

Figure 3 is a plane viewot' the bottom of the same, detached- Likeletters of reference indicating the same parts when in the differentfigures.

The purpose of my improvement is to flessen the cost of manufacturingsheet-metal pepper or dredgingv boxes, having lined tops and detachablebottoms; and my invention consists Vin the peculiar constructionhereinafter described and set forth, whereby the bottoms of said boxesare rendered attachable and detachabie as occasion may require. v

In the drawings, A is the body of the box, and B its detachable'bottom.The body A is made o tin-plete, in the usual cylindrical form, andsoldered along the seam or Ijoint, having its perforated convex top, ai,of the same metal fastened thereon permanently by overlapping its edgein a well-known manner, (see iig. 1.) 1t has also two projections, a2a2, left on opposite sides ot' its lower edge, as shown in figs. 1 and2. The bottom B consists of a disk, of the same sheet metal, stamped orformed up" by means of appropriate dies, substantially in the form shownin figs. 1 and 3, In* being an inclined tia-nge or rim thereon, whichforms a broad, substantial base for supporting the body Ain anupright-position, and b2 a( rvertically raisedy portion,v which easilyits into the lower end ot' Aand thus closes it, (see tig. Through eachof two opposite sides orr portions of the said inclined iiange bilanangular cut is`, at the same time, made by the dies, and the thusdetached angular portions ont' the sheet metal at the same time raised.upward sutliciently thereby to produce the two sloping catches b3 b3,(see iig. Now, when the bottom B is inserted into the lower end of thebody Afand then turned around therein until the two projections a2 a2onthe body are respectively wedged beneath the two catches b3 b3 ofthebottom B, it will be readily seen that the said catches b3 b3 will clampdown the projections a? a2, and thus securely hold the bottom B fast tothe body A, and that, by a contrary motion given tothe bottom, the twoparts A and B will become detached.

This is an exceedingly simple andl effective mode of securing adetachable bottom to a pepper or dredgingbox, and costs less in itsproduction than'any other mode heretofore known or used. 1t renders thebottom perfectly secure against an accidental detachment, and at thesame time readily allows of its being quickly detached when areplenishment of the box requires it.

Having thus fully described my improvement, what I claim as new thereinof my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is confined tothe following` viz: n

I claim a sheet-metal pepper orv dredging-box, havingits bottom, B,detachably secured to its body, A, by means of the projections a2 a2left on the body, and the angular catches b3 b3 formed on the bottom,the same being arranged to operate together substantially as and for thepurpose described.

l Witnesses:

y BENJ. Monison,

JAs. WINsMoRE, Jr.

JOHN H. STONE.

